Specialty foods are defined as foods or beverages of the highest grade, style, and/or quality in their respective categories. Their specialty nature derives from a combination of some or all of the following qualities: uniqueness, origin, processing method, design, limited supply, unusual application or use, extraordinary packaging, or channel of distribution/sales.
Mainstream stores are MULO or Multi Outlet, representative of following channels: Total US Grocery, Mass, Total U.S. Drug, Total Walmart, Dollar, Military, and Club.
Does not include sales through Whole Foods Market or Trader Joe’s.
Does not include private label sales or random weight (PLU) items.
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U.S. specialty food & all food retail sales growth 2019
This statistic presents the retail sales growth of specialty food and all food in the United States in 2019. U.S. specialty food retail sales grew by *** percent in 2019, compared to a percent sales growth of all food products.
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Specialty Food Association. (July 12, 2020). Retail sales growth of food in the United States in 2019, by type [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 01, 2026, from /statistics/1017330/us-specialty-food-sales-growth-by-retail-channel/
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